A spectacular evening of the West End and Broadway’s best-loved musicals, performed by musical theater’s biggest stars, will take place in Liverpool later this month. Music Of The Night is brought to you by Absolute Opera in association with Bill Elms and returns to the Epstein Theater on Friday, MarchRead More →
A music teacher has invited MK residents to join him in launching his new musical theater show. Christopher Edwards, who runs a music school in Newport Pagnell, wrote and composed ‘A World Divided’ 10 years ago, but during lockdown he started trying to bring it to life on the professionalRead More →
Do you like musicals? You’re not the only one. And a new campaign from the Official London Theater and the Mayor of London’s ‘Spring into London’ is spreading the feel-good vibes from your favorite shows… Photo: Official London Theatre/Deen van Meer London’s official theater has extended its annual New Year’sRead More →
news, latest news, Illawarra creator Anne-Louise Rentell’s highly anticipated musical theater work is playing this week at Port Kembla Pool. Return of the Sirens is a unique offering for theatergoers, as guests receive wireless headphones to hear the dialogue and music unfold as the sun sets. I attended Monday night’sRead More →
“What cannot be changed, and still is, is the incredible emotional impact it takes on the entire cast and crew.” Tauranga Musical Theater president Jeremy Sparrow talks about the cancellation of their season of ‘Les Miserables’. Days away from setting up production, which was due to open on February 4,Read More →
The seasonal Starlight show opens at the Babbacombe Theater in Torquay in mid-February, with performances every week until mid-October. We hope the name of the show proves fitting, brightening your day when times have been dark lately. The production, directed and produced by Colin Matthews, will feature hits from someRead More →
The characters created by artist and playwright John Byrne and their adventures in a fictional Scottish coastal town would appear in a children’s book. Now, a decade later, Donald and Benoit are to be turned into a family show – having been adapted by Byrne and his wife, Jeanine, aRead More →
It’s been a very poignant week for the cast of The Lion King. The famous Disney production returned to the West End on Thursday July 29 after a very difficult year in confinement. The actors were incredibly happy to be back on stage to perform in front of the audienceRead More →
The San Diego State Musical Theater Club (MTC) has elected new members to its current Board of Directors for the 2021-22 academic year. Anelaokalani Lee, a psychology student, is the newly elected secretary of the MTC board. She claims that doing musical theater in high school changed her life, asRead More →
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Charlie Chaplin, which was deemed unsuitable for a college theater company production. Photo / Provided A week after enthusiastically announcing Chaplin: The Musical as its spring show, the University of Canterbury Musical Theater Society (MUSOC) canceled the scheduled performance after concerns were raised about its scandalous past. Announcing that TheRead More →
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Remember when Toronto came together in a time of disruption, when neighbors spoke to each other for the first time, and we got a whole new perspective on what loneliness and togetherness means? That might describe the last 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Torontonians may also recognize theRead More →
Dozens of New York-based theater organizations have received grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, including the National Black Theatre, The Actors Fund, the Manhattan Theater Club, and the Roundabout Theater Company. Several grants included commission-only funds, such as the $10,000 Signature Theater Company grant for BrandenRead More →
Dozens of New York-based theater organizations have received grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, including the National Black Theatre, The Actors Fund, the Manhattan Theater Club, and the Roundabout Theater Company. Several grants included commission-only funds, such as the $10,000 Signature Theater Company grant for BrandenRead More →
LSU’s Musical Theater Club (MTC) has seen canceled performances for the past few semesters, but the club is getting back to work in a new way. In March 2020, MTC was gearing up for their performance showcase known as Singeaux, where they perform individual and collaborative numbers from different musicalRead More →
The winners have been announced for the 2020 BroadwayWorld Boise Awards – which were back bigger than ever, celebrating the best in local theater of the past decade! The public submitted the nominees and voted for their favorites. Check out the results below! The 2020 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards are presentedRead More →
Musical Mondays at the National Theater Thanks to COVID-19, I haven’t seen a play or musical in a theater since January. I tried to fill this hole in my heart with virtual cast meetings and filmed productions, but we can only watch hamilton so many times before it gets repetitive.Read More →
As the lights dimmed, the melodies of “Part of Your World” and “Under the Sea” filled the theater and the audience cheered enthusiastically. Ariel, played by Heather Royer, took her place center stage, and the crowd laughed as she danced like a caricature of a Disney princess. This excitement resultedRead More →
LSU’s Musical Theater Club has the cure for your post-carnival blues – more merrymaking. The club organizes its 17th “Singo!” musical review on Friday, March 8 at the LSU Union Theater. The show is free and the music will be non-stop as 41 performers sing and dance to popular musicalRead More →
Courtesy of the UNF Musical Theater Club. I sat among the packed house of lucky people who made it to the Andrew Robinson Theater for UNF Musical Theater Club’s “Into the Woods.” Courtesy of the UNF Musical Theater Club. With very little knowledge of the play itself outside of myRead More →
Don’t expect a lot of Broadway-style sets and intricate sets when “The Addams Family” musical opens Jan. 25 at the Reilly Theater. But you will find something a little unexpected. There will be an orchestra on stage for the Musical Theater Club at LSU’s production. “We call it a deconstructedRead More →
For the first time at the Wisconsin Union Theater, the Theater and Drama Department and University Opera come together to present the musical “Into the Woods” by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. The production will be directed by David Ronis, director of University Opera’s Karen K. Bishop, who has workedRead More →
Songs from “The Wiz,” “West Side Story,” Godspell” and “Flight” performed by members of LSU’s Musical Theater Club entertained the Baton Rouge Music Club and guests at the annual scholarship luncheon. group studies on March 22. Welcoming everyone was the president of the club Victor Klimachwho presented Todd McQueen, deanRead More →
Chloe Torrence circled a group of actors and singers on stage at the Charity Randall Theatre, kicking off her usual weekday routine. “From tonight you can’t call ‘line’ anymore,” Torrence said. “We’re starting technical rehearsals soon, so you should know your lines by now.” The junior theater arts and musicRead More →
Hal Prince, producer/director extraordinaire is far too modest. His new offering to the Manhattan Theater Club is so entertaining that I hereby elevate him from PRINCE to KING OF BROADWAY for orchestrating this two and a half hour extravaganza which he managed to accomplish with only nine very talented actors.Read More →